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Simon Baron-Cohen

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cognitive neuroscientist; author 'Zero Degrees of Empathy', 'The Essential Difference', 'Mindblindness' and 'The Pattern Seekers'. Tweets are my opinions

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Grunya Sukhareva, a Russian psychiatrist, wrote about autism as early as 1925 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunya_Su…

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Thank you Edwin and Anita for nurturing empathy in 2024. The world needs to look after this precious natural human resource as it can play a key role in conflict resolution and increasing the amount of kindness in the world youtu.be/am_2nxl7pTM?si…

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Are you a parent of an autistic child? Please complete a very brief survey to help us design a study to evaluate if surf therapy improves autistic children’s mental health. Thank you cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ez…

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Autism is not a disease and does not need a cure. Some co-occurring conditions are disorders or diseases and treatments for these may be wanted, but autism is a disability which needs support, and is a difference. Autistic people are equal to everyone else instagram.com/reel/C5WVLUuLA…

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An awful tragedy, that Charlie felt so desperately sad. We need to learn the lessons in such cases, to prevent more deaths by suicide in the autism community. Autistic people need far more support from the earliest age. My deepest sympathy to his family theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

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Non-verbal autistic student Elizabeth Bonker’s 2022 Valedictorian Speech at Rollins Co... youtu.be/8g5aJExZQwg?si… via YouTube

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Cold can kill. Your donation can save lives. Donate today and make tonight someone’s last night on the streets. Our outreach teams are working day and night to reach people and bring them in to our hostels and get them off the streets for good.

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Autism assessment waiting times in England released today show an almost 50% increase (Dec 22 vs Dec 23). Those who did get an appointment waited 281 days from referral & as of Dec 2023, two-thirds of referrals remain on the waitlist.

In full: digital.nhs.uk/data-and-infor…

Autism assessment waiting times in England released today show an almost 50% increase (Dec 22 vs Dec 23). Those who did get an appointment waited 281 days from referral & as of Dec 2023, two-thirds of referrals remain on the waitlist. In full: digital.nhs.uk/data-and-infor…
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The latest ‘Autism: In conversation with auticon’ with Carrie Grant focuses on relationships. Guest Emma Svanberg says, “For many people, there is a certain level of interpersonal vulnerability” Can you relate?

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The Buckland Review highlights that significant work is needed to ensure autistic people can get work that matches their ability and meets their needs. The autism employment gap is shocking; with just 29% of autistic people in work. 1/4

The Buckland Review highlights that significant work is needed to ensure autistic people can get work that matches their ability and meets their needs. The autism employment gap is shocking; with just 29% of autistic people in work. 1/4
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Autistic people are more likely to be impacted by eating disorders, but many don't know they're autistic when accessing services.

We've supported 's report advocating for improvements to services, including better care for autistic people.
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